Social Economy Indicator on Constructing Forest Sustainability in Bali

Abstract

The forestry issue has been discussed in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Deforestation is caused by the industrialization oriented towards economic growth, ignoring environmental issues that can cause global warming. In Bali, sustainability has been applied for a long time. This can be proved by the existence of tumpek wariga that appreciates and respects the plants and is an embodiment of environmental sustainability as a manifestation of local wisdom. However, this is insufficient if one remembers the fact that the condition of Bali's forests has been distorted. This analysis aims to know the simultaneous and partial influences and the most dominant determinants affecting forest sustainability. Within the lifetime data and analysis of adaptive partial adjustment model double log, this analysis found the fact that simultaneously and partially Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), the number of citizens, the regional autonomy policy and forest sustainability condition in the previous year have significant influence on forest sustainability during the period of this analysis. The amount of citizen variable is the most dominant variable toward forest sustainability because it obtains the highest standardized coefficient data of 0,292. Based on the analysis, results and discussion, one concludes that forests have to be well maintained, conserved and utilized in balance for everyone’s prosperity in today’s generation and for the sake of next generations. Correct management is needed for a sustainable development especially in long-term capacity through internalization and negative externalization which is caused by economic development.